(c) Ensure that anyone, especially any public servant, who backs, plans, foments, finances or in any way participates in operations by paramilitary groups, known as “self-defence groups”, responsible for torture is identified, arrested, suspended from duty and brought to justice; (d) Ensure that the staff of the Human Rights Unit of the Public Prosecutor’s Office are able to carry out their duties independently, impartially and in safety and provide the Unit with the resources needed to do its work effectively; (e) Investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible for rape and other forms of sexual violence, including rape and sexual violence that occur in the framework of operations against illegal armed groups; (f) That in cases of violation of the right to life any signs of torture, especially sexual violence, that the victim may show be documented. That evidence should be included in forensic reports so that the investigation may cover not only the homicide but also the torture. The Committee also recommends that the State party provide medical staff with the training necessary to determine when torture or ill-treatment of any kind has occurred; (g) Respect the provisions of the Military Penal Code that exclude cases of torture from the jurisdiction of the military courts and ensure that those provisions are respected in practice; (h) Take effective measures to protect human rights defenders against harassment, threats and other attacks and report on any judicial decisions and any other measures taken in that regard. The Committee also recommends the adoption of effective measures for the protection of the physical integrity and independence of members of the judiciary; (i) Take effective measures to improve conditions in places of detention and to reduce overcrowding there; (j) Ensure, so as to preclude all instances of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment, that persons subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment are treated according to international standards; (k) Report in its next periodic report on the domestic legal provisions that guarantee non-refoulement to another State when there are substantial grounds for believing that the person concerned would be in danger of being subjected to torture; (l) Make the declarations referred to in articles 21 and 22 of the Convention and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention; (m) Ensure the wide distribution in its territory of the Committee’s conclusions and recommendations; (n) Provide to the Committee, within one year, information on its response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in subparagraphs (b), (d), (f) and (h) above. 37